Maria Theresa of Savoy

Maria Theresa of Savoy (31 January 1756-2 June 1805) was the wife of Charles Philippe, Count of Artois (the future King Charles X of France) and the mother of Legitimist pretenders Louis Antoine, Duke of Angouleme and Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry.

Biography
Maria Theresa was born at the Royal Palace of Turin, Savoy on 31 January 1756, the third daughter of Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain. Her 1773 marriage to Charles Philippe, Count of Artois was one of many Franco-Savoyard dynastic marriages made at the time, and she moved to Versailles, France with her husband, becoming the Countess of Artois. She was known to be silent, interested in absolutely nothing, ill-shaped, clumsy, and not attractive, but she was good-hearted. In 1789, following the Storming of the Bastille, the couple took refuge in Maria Theresa's homeland of Savoy, but her spouse returned to France in 1791. The couple remained separated for the rest of their lives, with the Count of Artois refusing to allow for Maria Theresa to reunite with him in France. Maria Theresa died in Graz, Austria in 1805.